Accomodation for large groups

What are the very specific requirements?

Travel Inn and travelodge both have group booking lines I believe. Although if you are looking for a venue that will do a dinner or some such then probably not appropriate. Though Travel Inn has Touchbase on some of its sites (maybe all, not sure)?

Holiday home/cottage/mansion type thing?

What area do you have in mind? If weekend, some city centre venues might do you a deal, or off-season some of the more weddingy type places might?

Mentioning bunk beds, I'm assuming you've tried the YHA? Some of them have been done up nicely now with 1/2 bed rooms and some en suites. Rentahostel.com is the website.

Some country cottage sites have larger properties listed too.

University accommodation out of termtime. https://www.universityrooms.com/

Some friends of my parents let their house through a website that caters specifically for big groups - i think they are slightly the luxurious end but not quite sure

will try and find out what it is

Specific requirements are:

max of 2 hours drive from Sheffield

rural or small town/village

22 people

Max budget or £1k

2-3 nights in Jan or Feb, avoiding school hols

must be 'special' and not corporate/bland

No bunk beds, dorms, or need to use sofa beds in communal rooms

suitable for children

noise (us making) can't be an issue

must have a garden space

good communal/party area

needs either:

5 doubles, 1 family, 4 single/twin/shared beds, 1 non-shared single/twin
or
6 doubles, 1 triple (double and single), 5 single/twin/shared beds, 1 non-shared single/twin
or
6 doubles, 1 triple (all singles), 4 single/twin/shared beds, 1 non-shared single/twin

plus 1 cot and 1 child bed with all the above

https://www.sleeps12.com/

Thanks for the replies, but it seems none of those fit what I've got to find ?

I get the feeling this is going to be a real arse to sort

Mmm - i think the budget is an issue really - for 3 days for just us i reckon somewhere self contained is going to be at least 3 - 400 and that is the non plush end

have found a few places that fit the bill but it is the money - and also the needing a big communal space - some have the bedrooms but not that

I agree totally.
I was looking for something for this April before christmas, but only for 17 people, but at that point I had a smaller budget and it was eventally scrapped as 2 of the people were going to have a baby close to that time.
£1k looked to be doable at that point, but for the smaller group, and they've forgotten than it was a smaller group back then.
upping it to 22 people has put us into a whole new category of accommodation, which is why I'm really struggling now